Blog: What Happens When You Layer Two AI Recruiting Tools on Top of Workday
Last year, John Bruce posted an entry-level Workday role on his team. Within 24 hours, 500 candidates had applied. He had to take the posting down. Zoom out across his company’s entire hiring operation and the numbers get even more striking: 98,000 distinct candidates for 850 open reqs in 2025. More than 100 applicants per […]
Blog: Workday Customers Think Their Challenges Are Unique. The Reality Is They Are Surprisingly Similar.
One of my favorite parts of this conversation with Vipul Gaddamedi was a simple observation: Every company thinks they’re unique. And culturally, they are.But the core Workday challenges? They’re remarkably consistent. Data quality.Manager experience.Governance.Scalability.Ownership. What separates high-performing organizations isn’t features. It’s decision-making. Big Teams vs Small Teams Vipul has worked in companies with 100,000+ […]
Blog: From Consultant to Sales Leader: A Career Path More Workday Professionals Should Consider
Most Workday professionals assume the technical ladder only goes one direction: deeper specialization. But what if it doesn’t? In this episode of Workday Gold, I sat down with Chris Lennon, Regional Sales Director at Kainos, to talk about his journey from QA tester to consultant, to product owner, to sales leader. And here’s what stood […]
Blog: What 14 Years in the Workday Ecosystem Teaches You About What Really Matters
One of the things I love most about the Workday ecosystem is that no two careers look the same. In this episode of Workday Gold, I sat down with James Beattie, who has worked as a partner consultant, independent contractor, and internal product lead, and his journey highlights why that variety matters. One major takeaway […]
Blog: AI Isn’t Replacing Workday, It’s Changing How We Use It
There’s been a lot of noise lately about AI “killing” ERP systems. It makes for a good headline, but it misses what’s actually happening on the ground. In this episode of Workday Gold, Christian Delcid and I talked through a more realistic model. ERP systems are built on three layers: data, business logic, and the […]
Blog: You’re Probably Not Stuck, You Just Can’t See the Options Yet
One of the most common things I hear from Workday professionals is, “I feel stuck.” Stuck in a role. Stuck in a specialty. Stuck in one corner of the ecosystem with no clear next step. In this episode of Workday Gold, Christian Delcid and I talk about why that feeling is often misleading. The Workday […]
Blog: Why Visualizing Workday Solutions Early Changes Everything
One of the biggest challenges in Workday Extend projects isn’t configuration, it’s communication. Business leaders often know what they want to achieve, HR and finance teams understand the outcomes they need, and Workday experts know how to build it. The problem is that those groups don’t always speak the same language. Requirements documents, spreadsheets, and […]
Blog: You Don’t Need to Know Everything to Succeed in Workday
One of the most common myths in the Workday ecosystem is that great professionals know everything. Every module. Every edge case. Every release note. The reality is very different. In this episode of Workday Gold, I sat down with Stephen Timmons, a senior HRIS analyst whose career started in HR operations and evolved into deep […]
Blog: Extend, Agents, Sana, Flowise, Pipedream, and the Future of Workday
Workday customers are at an interesting crossroads. On one hand, the platform keeps expanding with powerful standard functionality. On the other, organizations are facing real-world problems that don’t always fit neatly into the box. In this episode of Workday Gold, I sat down with Rick Leunisse, co-founder of Incubane, to talk about what’s actually changing […]
Blog: From Ticket Closer to Architect: What It Really Takes to Grow in a Workday Career
Careers in the Workday ecosystem rarely follow a straight line. In my recent conversation with Michael Domingo, Senior Manager of HR Technology Engineering at CVS Health, we talked openly about what real growth looks like, and why some of the most valuable career moves don’t come with a bigger title. Michael started his career deep […]